taichi-dev/taichi v0.6.25

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Highlights:

• Bug fixes
  • Fix random side-effect causing SSA violation in ti.Vector (#1631) (by 彭于斌)
• Documentation
  • Replace fields of xxx by xxx field (#1599) (by Xudong Feng)
  • Replace "tensor" by "field" in documentation (#1633) (by Xudong Feng)
  • Improve type.rst readability (#1618) (by 彭于斌)
• Examples
  • Add cg_possion.py, a Poisson solver based on conjugate gradients (#1595) (by 彭于斌)
  • Enhance stable_fluid.py with BFECC, RK2, RK3 and Taichi's new syntax (#1617) (by 彭于斌)
• GUI
  • Support gui.fps_limit and reduce idle power consumption (#1611) (by 彭于斌)
  • Support images with 2 channels (RG) in GUI.set_image (#1624) (by 彭于斌)
  • Support gui.arrow() and gui.arrows() (#1625) (by 彭于斌)
• Language and syntax
  • Support float and int as aliases for default-precision data types (#1585) (by 彭于斌)
• Miscellaneous
  • Catch RuntimeError when detecting backends for better compatibility (#1647) (by 彭于斌)
• IR optimization passes
  • Improve aliasing analysis for SNodes with trailing bits (#1657) (by xumingkuan)
  • Improve the binary ops simplify pass (#1646) (by xumingkuan)
• Refactor
  • "x.snode()" is deprecated, use "x.snode" instead (#1654) (by 彭于斌)

Full changelog:

• [bug] [sparse] Fix struct-fors on pointer SNodes (#1662) (by Yuanming Hu)
• [misc] [linux] Further improve misc/linker.map to prevent Blender segementation fault (#1661) (by 彭于斌)
• [doc] Re-update documentation on autodiff (#1623) (by 彭于斌)
• [Opt] Improve aliasing analysis for SNodes with trailing bits (#1657) (by xumingkuan)
• bgcolor -> background_color in GUI docs (#1660) (by samuela)
• [Misc] [bug] Catch RuntimeError when detecting backends for better compatibility (#1647) (by 彭于斌)
• [workflow] Add Mac OS X to Github CI (#1649) (by 彭于斌)
• [Example] Add cg_possion.py, a Poisson solver based on conjugate gradients (#1595) (by 彭于斌)
• [Refactor] "x.snode()" is deprecated, use "x.snode" instead (#1654) (by 彭于斌)
• [GUI] Support gui.fps_limit and reduce idle power consumption (#1611) (by 彭于斌)
• [GUI] Support images with 2 channels (RG) in GUI.set_image (#1624) (by 彭于斌)
• [Opt] Improve the binary ops simplify pass (#1646) (by xumingkuan)
• [benchmark] Fix test_test.py benchmark including '' in filename (#1650) (by 彭于斌)
• [cc] [workflow] Add C backend to Github CI (#1643) (by 彭于斌)
• [Doc] Replace fields of xxx by xxx field (#1599) (by Xudong Feng)
• [cc] Compose ActionRecorder outputs into a single C file for Emscripten (#1629) (by 彭于斌)
• [error] Better error messages when using wrong type annotations (#1612) (by 彭于斌)
• [doc] Update instructions for using Stop Motion OBJ with PLY sequences (#1638) (by Justin)
• [Doc] Replace "tensor" by "field" in documentation (#1633) (by Xudong Feng)
• [doc] Fix typo in faq.rst (#1636) (by Danni)
• Fix hyperlink in faq.rst (#1637) (by Danni)
• [Example] Enhance stable_fluid.py with BFECC, RK2, RK3 and Taichi's new syntax (#1617) (by 彭于斌)
• [GUI] Support gui.arrow() and gui.arrows() (#1625) (by 彭于斌)
• [Lang] Support float and int as aliases for default-precision data types (#1585) (by 彭于斌)
• [Bug] Fix random side-effect causing SSA violation in ti.Vector (#1631) (by 彭于斌)
• [infra] Support GCC as compiler for Taichi developers (experimental) (#1598) (by 彭于斌)
• [Doc] Improve type.rst readability (#1618) (by 彭于斌)
• [gui] [bug] Fix hex_to_rgb (#1630) (by Yuanming Hu)
• [async] Clone offloaded tasks lazily by maintaining a cached template task (#1619) (by Ye Kuang)